Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-6489
The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.034
EPSS Ranking 86.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf
- https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf
- https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Products affected by CVE-2016-6489
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:-
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:3.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:3.2
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0